Japan Jan Iranian crude imports fall 29.5 pct year-on-year

TOKYO, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Japan's crude oil imports from
Iran in January fell 29.5 percent from the same month a year
ago, trade ministry data showed on Thursday, as Western
sanctions on Tehran cut shipments to Japanese refiners.

Japan, the world's third-biggest oil consumer, imported
1.178 million kilolitres (239,085 barrels per day) of Iranian
crude last month, compared with 1.67 million kl (338,944 bpd) in
January 2012, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
said.
(Reporting by Risa Maeda; Editing by Aaron Sheldrick and Miral
Fahmy)